How to set current date as default date in date picker everytime page loads

[Anonymous]

How to set current date as default date in date picker everytime page loads?

[CarlosFigueira]

If you want to update a value on the page load, you can create a context variable with the current date on the OnVisible property of the page (screen), and then use that variable as the DefaultDate property of the date picker control:

Screen1.OnVisible: UpdateContext({currentDate: Today()})
DatePicker1.DefaultDate: currentDate

Where DatePicker1 is the name of the date picker control, and Screen1 is the name of the screen which contains the picker.

[Anonymous]

The problem is when I select a different date on my DateField and click on other screen, everytime I go back on the screen that contains my DateField, the DateField defaulted on the date which I set previously.

[CarlosFigueira · Accepted solution]

Got it. In order for controls in PowerApps to understand changes in properties (such as the DefaultDate property in the date picker), then the value needs to change. One way to do that is to make two UpdateContext calls in the OnVisible property of that screen, something along the lines of

UpdateContext({currentDate: Today() - 1}); UpdateContext({currentDate, Today()})

That will ensure that the value is changed, and the date picker will be notified of it, updating the selected date to the current day.

Another alternative, which is probably preferred, is to "Reset" the date picker control - which causes its selected date to go back to the default value. In this case, you can set the OnVisible property to

UpdateContext({currentDate: Today()}); Reset(DatePicker1)

Where 'DatePicker1' is the name of your date picker control.

[Anonymous]

It works. One thing I noticed is that when I go back to the page that contains my DatePicker, PowerApps initially loads the previously selected date and subsequently changes the date to default date. Maybe it was a delay since I also refresh the database. What I did is to put the reset function on OnHidden property. Now when the page load, DatePicker is defaulted to current date.

[rgparisoto]

Hi guys!

Anyone nows how can I get the complete date? Like these:

2018-05-17 06:06:00.000

Thank you.

Regards,

Robson.

[Anonymous]

Can you just put

Today()

in the DefaultDate value of the DataCard Value field?

i.e

[CarlosFigueira]

That should work as well, as long as the app calls one of the form functions (NewForm, EditForm, ResetForm) prior to showing the form to the user, as it will cause the default value to be re-evaluated.

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I have built a Customised PowerApp Using the Sharepoint List.

On customised form there is a date picker on which the date is set to Today().

When we click on add new item to the list then the date is appearing as today's date, but when i try to view the items that are created few days ago then the date is changing to today. HOW CAN I SET THE DATE PICKER PROPERTY TO WHEN NEW ITEM CREATED DATE AS TODAY AND WHEN VIEWING PERVIOUS ITEMS DATE SHOULD NOT CHNAGE TO TODAY.

Thanks,

MK

[CarlosFigueira]

If the card is in a form, you can use an If expression based on the mode of the form; if it's New, use Today() as the default, otherwise use the existing value, something along the lines of the expression below:

If(
    EditForm1.Mode = FormMode.New,
    Today(),
    Parent.Default)

The blog post at https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/default-values-for-complex-sharepoint-types/ talks about setting default values for new items in forms; it's emphasis is for SharePoint lists, but the concepts apply to other data sources as well.